Pension only at 70? Economic wiseman and BDA demand higher age of entry: "Topic has social explosive power

The social actors are more concretely starting their discussions on pensions, the unions still pleading to return to the 64 years, when the first employers' organisation is thinking on the contrary of raising the age of cancellation of the discount, which is currently 67 years old.

BDA President Rainer Dulger and economist Martin Werding demand a higher retirement age and cuts in social contributions: the 40 percent target must be included in the coalition agreement.

The demographic problem is intensifying and is bringing painful measures back to the table - The ratio is rapidly deteriorating to "1.6 workers to one pensioner" while there should be four workers for every pensioner

This Thursday, the trade unions and employers' organizations meet a second time. On the menu, the question of the starting age.

In the face of rising social security costs, business representatives are calling for drastic reforms, including a higher retirement age.

Econometrics de guerre obliges, Emmanuel Macron promotes the Danish model, which pushes back the legal age of departure to 70. Gathered together in a conclave, the social partners camp on their positions